diff --git a/apps/ts.c b/apps/ts.c

index 63c5210183..4ef8a72eef 100644

--- a/apps/ts.c

+++ b/apps/ts.c

@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static TS_REQ *create_query(BIO *data_bio, const char *digest, const EVP_MD *md,

     ASN1_OBJECT *policy_obj = NULL;

     ASN1_INTEGER *nonce_asn1 = NULL;

-    if (md == NULL && (md = EVP_get_digestbyname("sha1")) == NULL)

+    if (md == NULL && (md = EVP_get_digestbyname("sha256")) == NULL)

         goto err;

     if ((ts_req = TS_REQ_new()) == NULL)

         goto err;

diff --git a/doc/man1/ts.pod b/doc/man1/ts.pod

index 078905a845..83b8fe4350 100644

--- a/doc/man1/ts.pod

+++ b/doc/man1/ts.pod

@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ included. Default is no. (Optional)

 =item B<ess_cert_id_alg>

 This option specifies the hash function to be used to calculate the TSA's

-public key certificate identifier. Default is sha1. (Optional)

+public key certificate identifier. Default is sha256. (Optional)

 =back

@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ openssl/apps/openssl.cnf will do.

 =head2 Time Stamp Request

-To create a time stamp request for design1.txt with SHA-1

+To create a time stamp request for design1.txt with SHA-256

 without nonce and policy and no certificate is required in the response:

   openssl ts -query -data design1.txt -no_nonce \

@@ -545,12 +545,12 @@ To print the content of the previous request in human readable format:

   openssl ts -query -in design1.tsq -text

-To create a time stamp request which includes the MD-5 digest

+To create a time stamp request which includes the SHA-512 digest

 of design2.txt, requests the signer certificate and nonce,

 specifies a policy id (assuming the tsa_policy1 name is defined in the

 OID section of the config file):

-  openssl ts -query -data design2.txt -md5 \

+  openssl ts -query -data design2.txt -sha512 \

         -tspolicy tsa_policy1 -cert -out design2.tsq

 =head2 Time Stamp Response